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Prosperous soul embraces creativity & mortgage neutrality

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,975 Forumite
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    Thanks @Merlin's_Beard

    Just done a bit of cutting up twigs etc and planting some bedding in the garden and have put an express Mr A order in. If I'm at risk of becoming more unwell - I want ice cream in and plenty of food. Going to prepare some food tonight in case I'm too ill to cook later. I've got some more tests. The lines are quite faint - so I could be at the beginning or close to the end...
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.1/£127.5K target 24.4% 15/8/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • Mickyh-s
    Mickyh-s Posts: 287 Forumite
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    Oh no! Hope you don't feel too rough with it and have a speedy recovery. X
    Mortgage balance as of 21.7.21 - £75,766. (7 yr mortgage on 2 yr fix of 1.32%)Mortgage balance as of 20.8.22 - £58,445.08o/p 2021/2022 = £6,313/£7,500o/p so far 2022/2023 = £5,997/£5,997 Goal 1 - to be under 60k by 20.7.22✔️Goal 2 - to op 10% of mortg by 31.12.22✔️Goal 3 - to pay off mortgage by 7.1.2023 (Subject to sale of btl property)✔️Goal 4 - to pay off cc by end of Jan 2023 - £260.64/£1500Goal 5 - to pay off car loan by 31.8.23 - £1722.39/£10,000
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,036 Forumite
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    Hope it stays mild for you xx
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,150 Forumite
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    Hope it's a mild one and passes quickly.
    Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.
  • girlatplay
    girlatplay Posts: 3,884 Forumite
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    Congratulations on the weight loss.

    Oh no to the two red lines.  Hope it's mild for you or, better yet, that you're at the end.
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage today = £161,690.76
    300 271 payments to go.
    House buyout fund £21,000/£40,000
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,787 Forumite
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    It's definitely on the rise again - the Jubilee celebrations and Glastonbury (and similar events) have not helped. Hope it stays mild for you- I tested positive for 8 days and still have a cherry cough, breathlessness and a sniff - but did also have a chest infection at the same time 🙄 x
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Hope you don't feel too bad. I've just had it for the first time and all but one day just thought it felt like a cold. Put me off food for a few days though, which was a bonus 🤣
    Mortgage start date Nov 2014  - £90,545 over 25 years
    Re-mortgage Oct 2017 - 78,295 over 23 years
    Re-mortgage Jan 2020 - 55,000 over 26 years @ 1.94%
    Current Mortgage Outstanding Middle December 2020 - £
    47893.35 - a reduction of £42,652 in just over 6 years!  


  • Hope you feel better soon! 
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

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